Bureaucracy and Regulation

Government licensing hurts employment, reduces competition — and thus quality — and serves to line the pockets of the established firms who benefit.

Big banks like Deutsche Bank have the potential to take an entire economy hostage: When they get into trouble, they can drag everything down with them.

Obesity has skyrocketed since the government became involved in the food pyramid. 

Our "experts" accept no risk and have nothing invested in the reckless schemes they advocate for. Others will bear the burdens when failure comes. 

Workplace raids against employers of non-government-approved workers make a mockery of private property rights.

From growth controls to minimum wage laws, Seattle's government is working hard to cut incomes and increase the cost of living.

There's really no need to do legal gymnastics about religious freedom. A simple respect for property rights solves the problem of forced baking of gay-wedding cakes.

Even the hard sciences are now expected to adjust reality itself to suit the demands of politicized university departments.

Government loves to set up "public-private partnerships"  for the benefit of both government and certain favored businesses.

Some special interest groups don't want customers to even have the option of buying other products.